FPSO Cidade de Sao Paulo, which will soon be operating for Petrobras and its partners in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, has a production capacity of 120,000 barrels of oil per day and is able to compress five million cubic metres of gas per day.

The vessel arrived from MTOPS at BrasFELS in late 2011, with the Brazilian shipyard completing the construction project by fabricating riser manifolds, laydown areas and the flare tower as well as the assembly and integration on board the FPSO.

MTOPS has awarded BrasFELS with a safety bonus for achieving an excellent safety performance throughout this two-year project, according to Keppel. This was in addition to an early delivery bonus.

Mr Kwok Kai Choong, President and Chief Executive Officer of Keppel FELS Brasil, said: "We appreciate our growing ties with MTOPS, MODEC and TOYO. The successful and early delivery of FPSO Cidade de Sao Paulo bears testament to the good teamwork and understanding between our companies and our ability to provide a high quality production vessel for Petrobras' operations.”

Mr Richard Matten, Project Manager of MODEC, said: "BrasFELS worked very well with our project team to ensure the safe and prompt turnaround of this project.” "Presently, we are working with the yard on another project, FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba. We are confident that this project too will be delivered to our highest satisfaction."

Scheduled to be delivered in 2014, FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba will have a production capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day and a storage capacity of 1,600,000 barrels of oil.